Care home residents five times more likely to be left thirsty, study reveals

Care home residents five times more likely to be left thirsty, study reveals Too many elderly people are being left thirsty in care homes, doctors have said, after a study revealed five times as many patients who live in homes are admitted to hospital dehydrated as those who live at their own residence. The Independent

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